§ MR. PICKERSGILL (Bethnal Green, S. W.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether, in accordance with his promise given on the 10th December last, he has now made inquiry into the complaint that match boxes manufactured abroad and imported into this country, bearing no mark of origin, are then filled with matches and labelled with the name of a firm of manufacturers in the East End of London, preceded by the words "manufactured by"; and whether he has decided to institute a prosecution in this case.
§ THE PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY To The BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. Kearley, Devonport)The Board of Trade have been in communication with the Customs, who are responsible for the detention of goods marked in contravention of the Merchandise Marks Acts, and as there are legal questions of some difficulty involved in the matter referred to it is proposed to take further legal advice.